Thursday, 8 November 2012

Rebus on Radio 4

Tune into BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 11th November 2012 at 15.00 hrs (GMT) and listen to the first epiosde of Ian Rankin's THE BLACK BOOK.

Inspector John Rebus, investigates an unsolved murder with the help of a notebook full of coded clues.

Ron Donachie Photo: BBC

When DS Brian Holmes is left in a coma after being severely beaten, Rebus discovers his colleague's black notebook contains coded clues on a case involving arson and murder. Five years before, a mysterious fire burned down Edinburgh's seedy Central Hotel. All the staff and customers were accounted for but an unidentified body was found in the rubble. The post mortem revealed the victim had died from a bullet through the heart before the fire broke out.